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Yvan Guichaoua

@yguichaoua.bsky.social
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 22h
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Télérama @telerama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Une centaine de cinémas dans toute la France ont pris symboliquement ce 2 octobre le nom du cinéaste engagé contre la guerre d’Algérie, après la décision d’un maire d’extrême droite des Pyrénées-Orientales de débaptiser le cinéma local.
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Une centaine de cinémas se rebaptisent “René-Vautier” en réaction à la censure du maire d’Elne
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 01/10/2026
Viral reports this week suggested new Google satellite imagery showed unseen destruction in Gaza. But the imagery actually depicts the scene in February 2026. Bellingcat has obtained satellite images from September that show how the destruction has continued. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...
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Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery - bellingcat
Earlier this week, several viral social media posts and news articles stated that Google had updated satellite imagery over Gaza. But the images weren't entirely new.
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Denis Tull @denistull.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
#Mali: 20% of all schools are closed due to 'insecurity' This is not only terrible for the 700,000 children out of school. This also tells you that the junta is in an increasingly depserate situation 2026: 2,400 2024: 1,800 2020: 1,300 www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2...
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Mali: plus de 2400 écoles fermées pour la rentrée scolaire
Au Mali, ce jeudi 1er octobre est jour de rentrée scolaire alors que 2026-2027 a été décrétée « Année de l'éducation et de la culture » par le président de la Transition, le général Assimi Goïta. Pour...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A satellite image of southern Gaza shows an apocalyptic scene—not a single building appears to be left standing.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Le titre de Ligue 1 ne nous échappera pas en 2039
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Fin du feuilleton : le fonds d'investissement Park Bench rachète les Girondins de Bordeaux à Gérard Lopez
Un accord a été signé dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi entre le fonds d'investissement Park Bench et Gérard Lopez. Les Girondins de Bordeaux sont vendus par l'homme d'affaires pour un euro symbolique.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deux articles dont certaines conclusions sont discutables mais néanmoins assez justes, nuancés et très bien documentés
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Le JNIM au Sahel est-il en train de se dissocier de « Al-Qaïda » ? - BBC News Afrique
Dans cette mini-série de deux articles, la BBC analyse les éléments de propagande du groupe djihadiste qui semble vouloir se défaire de l'image d'Al Qaïda.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What a topic, what an abstract and what a beautiful cover page
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Afterplace by Charline Kopf - Paper - University of California Press
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amnesty International releases an in-depth and essential investigation about atrocities perpetrated by the Malian army and Wagner at the border with Mauritania. This is horrific and corroborates previous journalistic reports
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"NUL N'EST ÉPARGNÉ" Crimes de Guerre Commis par l'Armée Malienne et les Forces Armées Etrangères le long de la Frontière Mauritanienne - Amnesty International"NUL N'EST ÉPARGNÉ" Crimes de Guerre Commis par l'Armée Malienne et les Forces Armées Etrangères le long de la Frontière Mauritanienne - Amnesty International
Ce rapport documente des violations du droit international et du droit malien qui ont été commises par des membres des Forces armées maliennes et des membres de la société militaire de sécurité privée Wagner dans le contexte d’opérations militaires conjointes entre juin 2023 et décembre 2025. L’intensification des operations militaires durant cette période a eu […]
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ваят @denbib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
English version: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Mali: Damning evidence of war crimes by state armed forces and Wagner Group personnel – new report
Members of Mali’s armed forces working together with the Wagner Group committed war crimes during joint operations between 2023 and 2025.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amnesty International releases an in-depth and essential investigation about atrocities perpetrated by the Malian army and Wagner at the border with Mauritania. This is horrific and corroborates previous journalistic reports
amnesty.org
"NUL N'EST ÉPARGNÉ" Crimes de Guerre Commis par l'Armée Malienne et les Forces Armées Etrangères le long de la Frontière Mauritanienne - Amnesty International"NUL N'EST ÉPARGNÉ" Crimes de Guerre Commis par l'Armée Malienne et les Forces Armées Etrangères le long de la Frontière Mauritanienne - Amnesty International
Ce rapport documente des violations du droit international et du droit malien qui ont été commises par des membres des Forces armées maliennes et des membres de la société militaire de sécurité privée Wagner dans le contexte d’opérations militaires conjointes entre juin 2023 et décembre 2025. L’intensification des operations militaires durant cette période a eu […]
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukraine is mentioned four times in the discourse delivered by Mali's minister for foreign affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, at the UNGA. France 0
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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last moments to apply for our visiting programmes! Applications are closing soon for our popular Visiting PhD Fellowship and Visiting Scholar programmes. Join our vibrant research community in Helsinki! Apply by Sept 30👉 go.unu.edu/x5AD
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's absolutely horrific if confirmed. We know 100% that Wagner is capable of such atrocities. But It's still a confession by a prisoner released on Ukrainian channels. I wish we could find a way to verify the claims. Anyone familiar with these Ukrainian channels?
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i-Sahel @i-sahel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mali : un ancien de #Wagner affirme que des prisonniers étaient utilisés comme « cobayes » médicaux www.i-sahel.net/mali-un-anci...
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Mali : un ancien de Wagner affirme que des prisonniers étaient utilisés comme « cobayes » médicaux
Un ancien combattant russe se présentant comme un ex-membre de Wagner affirme, dans une interview diffusée sur une chaîne Telegram ukrainienne, avoir été déployé au Mali entre fin 2023 et avril 2024. ...
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LDH @ldh.fr · 26/09/2026
En autorisant une fois encore le survol de son territoire par B. #Netanyahou, la France affaiblit la portée du mandat d’arrêt de la #CPI. La #LDH rappelle l'obligation de la France à coopérer pour défendre sans ambiguïté le droit international et faire cesser l'impunité.
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La France a autorisé l'avion de Benyamin Netanyahou, en route pour New York, à survoler son territoire
C'est la cinquième fois que le Premier ministre israélien survole le territoire français malgré le mandat d'arrêt émis par la Cour pénale internationale pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l'humanité dans la bande de Gaza.
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Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Il Foglio is still the only international media to cover this development, which is likely to have significant implications for the course of events in Libya, and has an important Spanish angle.
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Dabaiba confirms: Haftar and Spanish contractors behind the terrorist cell
The assassination attempts on Deputy Minister Zoubi and the attacks in Sudan, the UAE’s mediation to hush the whole affair up, and the role of Repsol’s senior manager. Here are the words of the Libyan...
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samuel @quilombo.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
🤬 Not all the ICC members walked out -as they should have done- when Netanyahu spoke yesterday in #UNGA. The representatives of these European countries remained to listen this indicted criminal. Shame on all of them. List via Justice for Palestine.
France, Germany, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvian, Estonia, Luxembourg, Malta, Cyprus.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NAZA Will Change How Americans Think About Israel jewishcurrents.org/naza-will-change…
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Israel is trying to move from being an arms exporter to becoming part of other countries’ defence industrial bases”
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A UK company, a Greek owner and Netanyahu's former lawyer: Who really owns Serbia's Israeli drone venture? | Middle East Eye
The deal involving the manufacture of drones highlights the growing political stakes of Israeli weapons production abroad
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"ease the IDF's rules of engagement, making it easier for soldiers to open fire at Palestinians"
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 22/09/2026
#BREAKING Trump at UN calls for all countries to quit International Criminal Court, referring to it as a "rogue institution"
US President Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 22, 2026
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is super worrying
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Job alert // Postdoc opening at @bicc.de
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Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) for RE-CONNECT+
CONDITIONS, DYNAMICS,              AND CONSEQUENCES OF                 VIOLENT CONFLICTS
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Comment les militaires maliens ont noyauté toutes les sphères de l’État
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Comment les militaires maliens ont noyauté toutes les sphères de l’État
Depuis le coup d’État d’août 2020, les officiers ont investi en silence tous les rouages de l’appareil d’État. Une enquête inédite, fondée sur 81 387 actes de nomination, documente l’ampleur de cette ...
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another Journalist in Mali Sentenced to Prison | Human Rights Watch
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Another Journalist in Mali Sentenced to Prison
A national cybercrime court in Mali on September 14 sentenced a prominent journalist, Abdramane Keïta, to two years in prison on bogus charges, in the military government’s latest attack on media free...
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bicc - Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies @bicc.de · 22/09/2026
bicc experts help interface between academia, politics, practitioners, the public and the media. In this Jeune Afrique article, Yvan Guichaoua comments on the use of drones by Malian authorities. ow.ly/wMmU50ZPIVO
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Appalling | “It just feels very incongruous for IOM to be the organisation in charge of these men and women,” said Alma David. “These aren’t migrants in your typical sense. These aren’t people who chose to migrate,” she said. “These are people who were kidnapped, essentially”
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals | US immigration | The Guardian
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries. An in-depth investigation reveals the ‘show of force’ costing American taxpayers millions
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bicc - Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies @bicc.de · 21/09/2026
New reporting by Bellingcat examines the recurring pattern of civilian casualties linked to #drone strikes in Mali, featuring insights from bicc researcher Yvan Guichaoua. ow.ly/MgYg50ZPKu3 #bicc_bonn
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The answer: early 2024, Timbuktu region, only time Ukrainians set foot in Mali
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There's a hard truth that I feel embarrassed to share myself: when it comes to predictability of behaviour, adherence to commitments made, transparency in communication, or control in the use of violence, JNIM is the adult in the room, not the gov
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There's a hard truth that I feel embarrassed to share myself: when it comes to predictability of behaviour, adherence to commitments made, transparency in communication, or control in the use of violence, JNIM is the adult in the room, not the gov
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Mali 19.09 JNIM shot down an Orlan-10 type drone in the vicinity of Dioura. The drone is believed to have been launched by Africa Corps personnel who along with Malian SEcurity Forces were part of an attempt to rech the Dioura SEcurity Forces camp.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
More regional re-alignment. This one won't please Haftar/UAE/Chad
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Niger–Soudan : Niamey et Khartoum veulent renforcer leur coopération face aux défis sécuritaires – Aïr Info
Le Niger et le Soudan entendent donner une nouvelle impulsion à leur coopération bilatérale, particulièrement dans les domaines de la défense et de la sécurité, dans un contexte régional marqué par…
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
"For a man whose academic field was built largely on faulty studies to ignore the intellectual fraud in his circle and lash out at people like Arday for bad scholarship – well, psychologists used to call that projection" @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...
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From celebrity intellectual to anti-woke outlaw: how Steven Pinker lost his way
The pop psycholgist’s new book seems to betray a lurking fear of others’ criticism – about his Epstein links, his manosphere admirers and his discredited former field of study, writes Virginia Heffern...
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lots of speculations about where this could be
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 18/09/2026
Bellingcat researcher @sebkilli.bsky.social spoke to @theworld.org about our recent investigation into government drone strikes frequently hitting populated areas in Mali. theworld.org/segments/202...
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New Bellingcat investigation sheds light on civilian deaths in Mali’s drone war - The World from PRX
The military junta in Mali has increasingly relied on drones to fight against separatists and an al-Qaida-backed insurgency. While state-run media have hailed these “surgical strikes” on “terrorists,”...
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What Europe’s migration deals are really buying
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What Europe’s migration deals are really buying
European officials are calling the EU-Mauritania migration deal a success. Here’s what the numbers don’t count.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not much commented (not at all actually) but before its show of force in Niger after the coup attempt, Algeria had a massive deal with Niger: big loan in exchange of oil, with Chinese debt bought back. Niger has become highly dependent on Algeria on the security and financial fronts
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Kafra, Meleck, ENAFOR : anatomie du rapprochement algéro-nigérien – MDMG Sahel
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Merci, @fredknife.bsky.social, d'avoir repris l'enquête JA/Bellingcat/Sentry dans votre chronique
rfi.fr
À la Une: la guerre asymétrique au Mali et son cortège de victimes civiles - Revue de presse Afrique - RFI
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The complicity is undeniable. "Germany and the United States supply 99% of the weapons exported to Israel... They could stop this conflict overnight if they stopped the weapons killing Palestinians." - UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Ben Saul
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Truthout @truthout.org · 17/09/2026
For the second year in a row, the Trump administration has denied diplomatic visas for Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials — a move condemned by the PA and outside critics as counter to international peace efforts.
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US Once Again Denies Palestinian Officials Visas to Attend New York UN Meeting
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas will have to deliver remarks and participate in meetings via video link.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Still a long way to go (it's just about making funds available if I understand correctly) but significant nonetheless
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
L'Algérie est en train de changer de braquet en matière de politique étrangère, et pas qu'un peu
lemonde.fr
En Tunisie, l’inquiétude croissante d’une « vassalisation » du pays par l’Algérie
Les propos du président algérien, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, fin juillet, associant la « sécurité » de la Tunisie à celle de l’Algérie, ont offensé le patriotisme tunisien.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 16/09/2026
A joint Bellingcat and @jeuneafrique.com investigation has uncovered new details about drone strikes carried out by the Malian military that have hit civilian areas and reportedly resulted in the deaths of non-combatants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/09...
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“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat
Evidence collected by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique contradicts Mali's claim that drone strikes are precise and only target terrorists.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Heartbreaking testimonies of Malian rank-and-file
dw.com
Au Mali, les familles de soldats vivent dans l’angoisse
Au-delà des pertes militaires, les attaques djihadistes laissent des traces durables. Témoignages de survivants et récit du combat quotidien des familles touchées.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
⚠️ groundbreaking investigation here. This is collective work at its best: multiple orgs, multiple Sahelian and non Sahelian collaborators, fantastic figures, visualizations, maps etc. to eventually document an overlooked horror and human tragedy. Kudos to the many contributors. That's the way to go
bellingcat.com
“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat
Evidence collected by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique contradicts Mali's claim that drone strikes are precise and only target terrorists.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
⚠️ groundbreaking investigation here. This is collective work at its best: multiple orgs, multiple Sahelian and non Sahelian collaborators, fantastic figures, visualizations, maps etc. to eventually document an overlooked horror and human tragedy. Kudos to the many contributors. That's the way to go
bellingcat.com
“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat
Evidence collected by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique contradicts Mali's claim that drone strikes are precise and only target terrorists.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At least 20 killed after Israeli-hit building in Gaza City collapses
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At least 20 killed after Israeli-hit building in Gaza City collapses | Gaza | The Guardian
Rescue workers say search for dozens of people hampered by lack of heavy machinery
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